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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
Lead Exposure in Children: Prevention, Detection, and Management
Committee on Environmental Health
Pediatrics October 2005, 116 (4) 1036-1046; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2005-1947

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Lead Exposure in Children: Prevention, Detection, and Management
Committee on Environmental Health
Pediatrics Oct 2005, 116 (4) 1036-1046; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1947
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- Abstract
- BACKGROUND
- DECLINE OF LEAD POISONING IN THE UNITED STATES
- SOURCES OF LEAD EXPOSURE
- TOXICITY OF LEAD
- COSTS OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING AND BENEFITS OF PREVENTION
- DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES
- MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD CONCENTRATIONS
- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PEDIATRICIANS
- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT
- Committee on Environmental Health, 2004–2005
- Liaisons
- Staff
- Footnotes
- REFERENCES
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